This brought from General Buell a very severe retort, which I saw in the New York World some time before I received the letter itself.

I could very well understand his grievance at seeing untrue and disgraceful charges apparently sustained by an officer who, at the time, was at the head of the army.

I replied to him, but not through the press.

I kept no copy of my letter, nor did I ever see it in print; neither did I receive an answer.
General Albert Sidney Johnston, who commanded the Confederate forces at the beginning of the battle, was disabled by a wound on the afternoon of the first day.

This wound, as I understood afterwards, was not necessarily fatal, or even dangerous.